Stories about: Security Systems

In 2003, after endless rounds of political maneuvering and countless agitations against the privatization of major airports in India, the Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport became part of a global fraternity of airports run by private stakeholders. The airport is India's busiest, with 22.2 million passengers and 480 tons of cargo passing through its doors in 2006-2007.

All over Beijing, Olympic countdown clocks tick off the seconds that China has awaited for seven years: the moments until Aug. 8, 2008, at 8:00 pm, when the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics begin.

Security experts have criticized HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for creating fraud risks on several fronts when it lost 25 million child benefit records.

The Department of Veterans' Affairs is killing two birds with a single stone as it moves to tackle spam and address strict new data protection requirements

At IBM Internet Security System's, the company's primary security research organization is called X-Force. Kris Lamb, director of X-Force, says his group is charged with knowing where potential threats will arise and deliver product, services and education to customers about how to stay ahead of the risk. Recently Lamb discussed with Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie what he sees as the most critical challenges and opportunities facing enterprise IT security managers today.

Secrets aren't advertised; they are protected. The US government keeps some of the biggest secrets of all — the exposure of which might pose a threat to national security — in places where the name hides nothing: a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). But the buildings carrying the SCIF label are made to hide everything.

I don't entirely trust the Internet. I realize this is not an original sentiment, but the rapid increase in financial usage of the Internet suggests that we now trust it a lot more.

There's a reason companies are asking CIOs to solve a new kind of security risk every time they turn around. Business continuity threats, data breaches, malicious code and stolen laptops all have one thing in common - they're the price of information technology's success.

TriWest Healthcare Alliance counts on John Pontrelli to work effectively with his technology colleagues to provide health care to 2.8 million members of the US military and their families in 21 states. As VP and CSO, Pontrelli's responsibilities cover both physical security and information security, and he has found it imperative to form a tight working relationship with his CIO, Rick Green. Pontrelli, a corporate security expert at Microsoft and WL Gore before joining TriWest three years ago, spoke with Michael Goldberg, about the partnership he has formed with his CIO.

In response to the Computerworld article "Online Census debuts with view to smartcard", the Australian Bureau of Statistics has moved to quell speculation that the electronic Census may be integrated with the proposed Human Services Access Card.

Take advantage of the latest security tools and keep your users informed if you want to achieve wire-free bliss.